Michael Laverty led the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship charge in the second free practice session for the Tyco BMW team, setting the benchmark in a hectic final five minutes as Shane 'Shakey' Byrne closed to within 0.036s in the final 60 seconds.

Peter Hickman had set the early pace in the session for JG Speedfit Kawasaki with Luke Mossey, the fastest rider in the opening session, displacing him from the top with just under 20 minutes on the clock. However the Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki rider was unable to make it a clean sweep and Laverty moved to the top in the closing stages.

As Laverty moved up the order so did Leon Haslam; the JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider moving second with three minutes of the session remaining, but the ‘Pocket Rocket’ was pushed to third in a matter of seconds as Byrne fired the Be Wiser Ducati into second position.

Mossey held fourth ahead of John Hopkins who again showed the performance of the ePayMe Yamaha to complete the top five, just 0.3s off Laverty’s pace-setting lap. Dan Linfoot was sixth fastest for Honda Racing with Hickman dropping back to seventh with the final last minute improvements.

Christian Iddon was eighth fastest with Jason O'Halloran and Richard Cooper on the Buildbase BMW completing the top ten.

MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship, Knockhill, free practice two result:

Michael Laverty (Tyco BMW) 48.009s
Shane Byrne (Be Wiser Ducati) +0.036s
Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.177s
Luke Mossey (Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki) +0.271s
John Hopkins (ePayMe Yamaha) +0.319s
Dan Linfoot (Honda Racing) +0.352s
Peter Hickman (JG Speedfit Kawasaki) +0.359s
Christian Iddon (Tyco BMW) +0.455s
Jason O'Halloran (Honda Racing) +0.594s
Richard Cooper (Buildbase BMW) +0.607s